Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 13, 1943
Place of Birth:
Horsforth, Yorkshire, England, UK
Social Media
Malcolm McDowell
Biography
Malcolm McDowell is an English actor with a career spanning over forty years. McDowell is principally known for his roles in the controversial films Caligula, If...., O Lucky Man! and A Clockwork Orange. His versatility as an actor has led to his presence in many films and television series of different genres, including Tank Girl, Star Trek Generations, the TV serial Our Friends in the North, Entourage, Heroes, Metalocalypse, animated film Bolt and the 2007 remake of Halloween and the 2009 sequel Halloween II. He is also well known for his narration of the seminal 1982 documentary, The Compleat Beatles.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Partisan | Trench coat |
| 2025 | Wizardream | The Wizard Mangodor |
| 2025 | Culture of Fear | Evo |
| 2024 | Cellphone | |
| 2024 | Thelma | Harvey |
| 2023 | Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar | Vader Orlag (voice) |
| 2023 | Moving On | Howard |
| 2023 | Et Tu | The Murderer |
| 2022 | Father Stu | Monsignor Kelly |
| 2022 | The Walk | McLaughlin |
| 2022 | She Will | Hathbourne |
| 2021 | A Forbidden Orange | Narrator (voice) / Alex DeLarge |
| 2021 | Dreaming of Stars: An ASMR Feature Film | Self (voice) |
| 2021 | Blood on the Crown | Colonel Saville |
| 2021 | Pups Alone | Oliver (voice) |
| 2021 | A Wonderful Kingdom | Narrator |
| 2020 | Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness | Self |
| 2020 | TimeCrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove | Captain Lynch |
| 2020 | Kubrick by Kubrick | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi | Self |
| 2020 | The Big Ugly | Harris |
| 2020 | Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies | Self |
| 2020 | Free Lunch Express | Narrator |
| 2020 | The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two | Hakan |
| 2019 | Bombshell | Rupert Murdoch |
| 2018 | Corbin Nash | Blind Prophet |
| 2018 | Dreams I Never Had | Judge Messner |
| 2018 | Abnormal Attraction | Boogeyman |
| 2017 | Heroes Manufactured | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Lord Geer (voice) |
| 2017 | Death Race 2050 | Chairman |
| 2017 | Walk of Fame | Evan Polus |
| 2017 | Mississippi Murder | McGowen |
| 2017 | American Satan | Mr. Capricorn |
| 2017 | Grow House | Dr. Doobie |
| 2016 | Because I Am a Genius! Lorenza Mazzetti | Himself |
| 2016 | 31 | Father Murder |
| 2016 | The Mystery of Casa Matusita | Supay |
| 2016 | The Search for Life in Space | Narrator |
| 2015 | Cowboys & Engines | Dr. Clay |
| 2015 | Some Kind of Beautiful | Gordon |
| 2015 | The Black Hole | Mr. Simms |
| 2015 | Bereave | Garvey |
| 2015 | The Soul of a Spy | |
| 2015 | Kids vs Monsters | Boss Monster |
| 2015 | Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness | Sly Baron (voice) |
| 2015 | Oceanus: Act One | Triton (Ship's Computer) |
| 2015 | Lady Psycho Killer | Gerald Portersen |
| 2014 | Tbilisi, I Love You | |
| 2014 | Mischief Night | Mr. Smiles |
| 2014 | Free Fall | Thaddeus Gault |
| 2014 | Shock Value | Edmund Dean Huntley |
| 2014 | Kubrick Remembered | Self |
| 2014 | Elwood | Narrator (voice) |
| 2013 | The Anatomy of a Virus: The Making of Antiviral | Himself |
| 2013 | The Employer | The Employer |
| 2013 | Sanitarium | Dr. Stenson |
| 2013 | A Green Story | Barton |
| 2013 | Richard The Lionheart | King Henry II |
| 2013 | Zombex | Dr. Soulis |
| 2013 | Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera | Vater Orlagg (voice) |
| 2013 | Meet the Small Potatoes | Lester Koop (voice) |
| 2012 | Silent Hill: Revelation 3D | Leonard Wolf |
| 2012 | Vamps | Vlad |
| 2012 | Excision | Mr. Cooper |
| 2012 | The Philadelphia Experiment | Morton Salinger |
| 2012 | Antiviral | Dr. Abendroth |
| 2012 | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | Sinclair |
| 2012 | Silent Night | Sheriff Cooper |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) |
| 2012 | LEGO Hero Factory: Breakout | Akiyama Makuro |
| 2012 | Stanley Kubrick in Focus | Self |
| 2012 | The Artist: The Making of an American Romance | Self |
| 2012 | Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist | Himself |
| 2011 | Pound of Flesh | Professor Noah Melville |
| 2011 | Suing The Devil | Satan |
| 2011 | The Artist | The Butler |
| 2011 | Golf in the Kingdom | Julian Lange |
| 2011 | L.A., I Hate You | Harold Weintraub |
| 2011 | LEGO Hero Factory: Ordeal of Fire | Mr. Makuro (voice) |
| 2011 | No Rest for the Wicked: A Basil & Moebius Adventure | Mr. Bloome |
| 2011 | Turning Like Clockwork | Self |
| 2011 | Once Upon a Time… A Clockwork Orange | Self |
| 2011 | Santiago Files | Narrator |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Lombardi |
| 2010 | The Invocation | Self |
| 2010 | Easy A | Principal Gibbons |
| 2010 | Barry Munday | Mr. Farley |
| 2010 | Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes | Professor Moriarity (voice) |
| 2010 | DC Showcase: Green Arrow | Merlyn the Magnificent (voice) |
| 2010 | What If Cannabis Cured Cancer | himself |
| 2010 | The Making of Easy A | Self |
| 2010 | LEGO Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies | Mr. Makuro (voice) |
| 2010 | DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection | Merlyn the Magnificent (segment "Green Arrow") (voice) |
| 2010 | Monster Butler | Roy Fontaine |
| 2009 | Halloween II | Dr. Samuel Loomis |
| 2009 | Suck | Eddie Van Helsing |
| 2009 | Super Rhino | Dr. Calico (voice) |
| 2009 | Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil | Self |
| 2009 | Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation! | Grandpa Fletcher (voice) |
| 2009 | Behind The Scenes of Caligula | |
| 2008 | Delgo | Raius (voice) |
| 2008 | Coco Chanel | Marc Bouchier |
| 2008 | Bolt | Dr. Calico (voice) |
| 2008 | Doomsday | Dr. Marcus Kane |
| 2008 | Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween | Self |
| 2008 | Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday' | Self |
| 2008 | Blue Gold: World Water Wars | Narrator |
| 2007 | Halloween | Dr. Samuel Loomis |
| 2007 | The List | Desmond Larochette |
| 2007 | Robot Chicken: Star Wars | Orientation Instructor (voice) |
| 2007 | Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick | Narrator |
| 2007 | My Roman Holiday With John Steiner | Self - Archive Footage |
| 2007 | Never Apologize | Self |
| 2007 | Exitz | Percy |
| 2006 | The Curse of King Tut's Tomb | Nathan Cairns |
| 2006 | Cut Off | James Burton |
| 2006 | O Lucky Malcolm! | Self |
| 2006 | Bye Bye Benjamin | Mr. Coleman |
| 2005 | Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone | Ogthar (voice) |
| 2005 | Billy and Mandy Save Christmas | Baron Von Ghoulish (voice) |
| 2005 | Rag Tale | Richard Morton |
| 2005 | Mirror Wars: Reflection One | Dick Murdoch |
| 2005 | Jaws of the Pacific | Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | Evilenko | Andrej Romanovic |
| 2004 | Tempesta | Paul Valenzin |
| 2004 | Pinocchio 3000 | Scamboli (voice) |
| 2004 | In Good Company | Teddy K (uncredited) |
| 2004 | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | O.B. Keeler |
| 2004 | Cast & Crew: If.... | Self - Interviewee |
| 2004 | Hidalgo | Major Davenport |
| 2003 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | Boad |
| 2003 | Dorian | Henry |
| 2003 | Tempo | Shrenger |
| 2003 | The Company | Alberto Antonelli |
| 2003 | Inhabited | Dr. Werner |
| 2003 | Red Roses and Petrol | Enda Doyle |
| 2002 | Shadow Realm | Martin Hudson |
| 2002 | I Spy | Gundars |
| 2002 | Between Strangers | Alan Baxter |
| 2002 | The Barber | Dexter Miles |
| 2002 | The Fairy King | Ian |
| 2001 | The Void | Dr. Thomas Abernathy |
| 2001 | Princess of Thieves | Sheriff of Nottingham |
| 2001 | Just Visiting | Wizard |
| 2001 | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self |
| 2000 | Gangster No. 1 | Gangster 55 |
| 2000 | Still Tickin': The Return of 'A Clockwork Orange' | Self |
| 2000 | Island of the Dead | Rupert King |
| 2000 | The David Cassidy Story | Jack Cassidy |
| 2000 | St. Patrick: The Irish Legend | Quentin |
| 1999 | Y2K | Seward |
| 1999 | My Life So Far | Uncle Morris MacIntosh |
| 1999 | Southern Cross | Felipe Solano |
| 1999 | Love Lies Bleeding | Malcolm |
| 1999 | Sharks of the Deep Blue | Narrator |
| 1999 | Stanley and Us | Self |
| 1999 | Can of Worms | Barnabus (voice) |
| 1998 | Day of the Full Moon | |
| 1998 | Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy | Narrator (voice) |
| 1998 | The First 9½ Weeks | Francois Dubois |
| 1998 | The Gardener | Ben Carter |
| 1997 | Hugo Pool | Henry Dugay |
| 1997 | 2103: The Deadly Wake | Captain Sean Murdoch |
| 1997 | Giga Shadow | Yottskry |
| 1997 | Asylum | Sullivan Rane / Doc |
| 1997 | Mr. Magoo | Austin Cloquet |
| 1996 | Night Train to Venice | Stranger |
| 1996 | Where Truth Lies | Dr. Vernon Renquist |
| 1996 | Yesterday's Target | Holden |
| 1996 | Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen | Quote Reader |
| 1996 | Superman: The Last Son of Krypton | John Corben (voice) |
| 1996 | The Little Riders | Capt. Kessel |
| 1996 | Ringer | Noel |
| 1996 | Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man | Self |
| 1995 | Cyborg 3: The Recycler | Lord Talon |
| 1995 | Fist of the North Star | Ryuken |
| 1995 | Tank Girl | Kesslee |
| 1995 | Kids of the Round Table | Merlin |
| 1995 | The Surgeon | Dr. Stein |
| 1995 | Fatal Pursuit | Bechtel |
| 1995 | Dangerous Indiscretion | Roger Everett |
| 1994 | Star Trek: Generations | Dr. Tolian Soran |
| 1994 | The Man Who Wouldn't Die | Bernard Drake / Ian Morrissey |
| 1994 | Milk Money | Waltzer |
| 1994 | Seasons of the Heart | Alfred McGuinness |
| 1993 | Bopha! | De Villiers |
| 1993 | East Wind | General Smyslovsky |
| 1993 | Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations | Self |
| 1992 | The Player | Malcolm McDowell |
| 1992 | Chain of Desire | Hubert Bailey |
| 1991 | Assassin of the Tsar | Timofeyev / Yurovsky |
| 1991 | Venins | Prof. Baldwin |
| 1990 | Moon 44 | Major Lee |
| 1990 | Class of 1999 | Dr. Miles Langford |
| 1990 | Jezebel's Kiss | Benjamin J. Faberson |
| 1990 | Disturbed | Dr. Derrick Russell |
| 1990 | Schweitzer | Albert Schweitzer |
| 1990 | Maggio musicale | Pier Francesco Ferraioli |
| 1989 | Happily Ever After | Lord Malice (voice) |
| 1989 | Buy & Cell | Warden Tennant |
| 1989 | Mortacci | Edmondo |
| 1989 | Il maestro | Walter Goldberg |
| 1988 | Sunset | Alfie Alperin |
| 1988 | An Audience With Victoria Wood | Self |
| 1987 | The Caller | The Caller |
| 1985 | Arthur the King | King Arthur |
| 1985 | Gulag | The Englishman |
| 1983 | Blue Thunder | Cochrane |
| 1983 | Get Crazy | Reggie Wanker |
| 1983 | Cross Creek | Max Perkins |
| 1983 | Little Red Riding Hood | The Wolf a.k.a. Reginald Von Lupin / Narrator |
| 1982 | Cat People | Paul Gallier |
| 1982 | Britannia Hospital | Mick Travis |
| 1982 | The Compleat Beatles | Narrator |
| 1981 | A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula' | Self / Caligula |
| 1980 | Look Back in Anger | Jimmy Porter |
| 1979 | Time After Time | H. G. Wells |
| 1979 | Caligula | Caligula |
| 1979 | The Passage | Capt. Von Berkow |
| 1979 | Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip | Self |
| 1978 | She Fell Among Thieves | Richard Chandos |
| 1976 | Aces High | Maj. John Gresham |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Max Gunter |
| 1976 | The Collection | Bill |
| 1975 | Royal Flash | Captain Harry Flashman / Prince Karl Magnus |
| 1973 | O Lucky Man! | Michael Arnold Travis / Plantation Thief |
| 1973 | O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment | Himself |
| 1971 | A Clockwork Orange | Alex |
| 1971 | The Raging Moon | Bruce Pritchard |
| 1970 | Figures in a Landscape | Ansell |
| 1968 | if.... | Mick Travis |
| Robot Dracula | Robot Dracula | |
| The Spider | Von Wessel | |
| Last Train to Fortune | Cecil Peachtree | |
| Summerhouse | ||
| Dirt | ||
| Dog & Bull | ||
| Ever After | The Frog King (voice) | |
| They Are Here |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ARK: The Animated Series | Senator Lucius Casius Virilis (voice) |
| 2022 | Son of a Critch | Pop |
| 2021 | Gossip Girl | Roger Menzies |
| 2020 | Truth Seekers | Richard |
| 2019 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Malcolm McDowell (voice) |
| 2017 | Castlevania | Varney of London (voice) |
| 2017 | Jeff and Some Aliens | Zib Zog (voice) |
| 2015 | Dawn of the Croods | Skermiggleflop (voice) |
| 2015 | We Bare Bears | Professor Lampwick (voice) |
| 2015 | Chicago Med | Marvin Jaffrey |
| 2014 | Star Wars Rebels | Minister Hydan (voice) |
| 2014 | Mozart in the Jungle | Thomas Pembridge |
| 2013 | Teen Titans Go! | Baxtory (voice) |
| 2012 | The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange | |
| 2011 | Franklin & Bash | Stanton Infeld |
| 2009 | Community | Professor Cornwallis |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Bret Stiles |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb | Grandpa Reg (voice) |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb | |
| 2007 | Masters of Science Fiction | Tibor Cargrew |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb | Grandpa Reginald Fletcher (voice) |
| 2007 | War and Peace | Prince Bolkonski |
| 2006 | Metalocalypse | Vater Orlaag (voice) |
| 2006 | Heroes | |
| 2006 | Psych | Ambassador Fanshaw |
| 2006 | Heroes | Daniel Linderman |
| 2006 | The Curse of King Tut's Tomb | Nathan Cairns |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken | 1776 announcer/reporter |
| 2004 | Entourage | |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Metallo (voice) |
| 2004 | Entourage | Terrance McQuewick |
| 2004 | Leçon de Cinéma | Self |
| 2003 | Teen Titans | Mad Mod (voice) |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | |
| 2002 | Monk | Julian Hodge |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Darren Vogel |
| 2002 | Firestarter: Rekindled | John Rainbird |
| 2002 | ChalkZone | Barney the Encyclocentipedia (voice) |
| 2001 | The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy | Baron Von Ghoulish |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jonas Slaughter |
| 1999 | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Self - Guest |
| 1998 | Fantasy Island | Mr. Roarke |
| 1997 | Lexx | Yottskry |
| 1997 | South Park | A British Person (voice) |
| 1996 | Wing Commander Academy | |
| 1996 | Our Friends in the North | Benny Barratt |
| 1996 | Pearl | Professor Stephen Pynchon |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | John Corben (voice) |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | John Corben / Metallo (voice) |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | Metallo (voice) |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century | Czar Nicholas II / Charles Stockwell / Stephen Graham (voice) |
| 1996 | Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys | Rhesus 2 (voice) |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Ship (voice) |
| 1994 | The Magic School Bus | (voice) |
| 1994 | Spider-Man | Whistler (voice) |
| 1993 | Frasier | Dr. Bruga (voice) |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Arcady Duvall (voice) |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill | Self |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Donald Longtooth |
| 1987 | The Dame Edna Experience | Self |
| 1986 | Monte Carlo | Christopher Quinn |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Reginald Von Lupin / The Wolf / Narrator (voice) |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self |
| 1977 | Beryl Reid | |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Chandos |
| 1976 | Laurence Olivier Presents | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Bill |